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HR2460

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:52 | Tran: 20:40 | Set: 23:28
Alt: -41.71°   Az: 271.62°   Direction: West

HR2460 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2460 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR2460 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR2460 star
DSS2 image of HR2460. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2460 during the next 1000 years (-0.10 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.03 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 40m 40s
-30° 29’ 40”
08h 00m 00s
14h 40m 40s

J2000

06h 39m 42s
-30° 28’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

239.54°
-15.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2460.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Hypergiant

1.37
K0III
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2460 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2460. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2460 is distant 240.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

73.86
240.77
-24 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.182"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197057
SAO197057

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2460 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.5°
Max altitude: 8.0°
Azimuth: 239.5°